Usefulness of MR-seminography using Gd-DTPA in intermediate magnetic field MRI equipment

Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 497-502

  Oh oka, Hitoshi ^a   Fujisawa, Masato ^b   Kin, Keisei ^a   Oshima, Taichi ^a   Okada, Hiroshi ^c   Arakawa, Soichi ^c   Kamidono, Sadao ^c  

^a KAWACHI GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^c KOBE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

MR imaging of the seminal vesicle; MR seminography; T2 weighted fast advanced spin echo imaging with gadolinium

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM PENTETATE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTRAST; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGING SYSTEM; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEMINAL VESICLE;

EID: 0041806885     PISSN: 0730725X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0730-725X(03)00077-8     Document Type: Article

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